Otodus Obliquus Shark Tooth

Name: Otodus obliquus

Specimen: Shark Tooth

Age: Phosphate deposit, Eocene

Location: Oued Zem, Khouribga, Morocco

48 mm from tip of tooth to tip of root

These Shark Teeth are from the Otodus species of shark that patrolled the seas of Morocco around the Eocene period ~ 56 to 33.9 million years ago. When a sharks’ teeth become worn the predator will ‘shed’ these teeth, and these will be replaced with new sharper, stronger teeth. However, unlike humans, Sharks are known for re-shedding hundreds of teeth on a regular basis, which makes them a fruitful find with fossil hunters.